2011年2月10日星期四

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Yahoo! News: World - China

Special Report: After Mideast, should Russia and China worry? (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 05:08 PM PST

Reuters - On the last day of January, a crowd of 600 gathered in sub-zero temperatures on Moscow's Triumph Square and began to chant "Freedom! Freedom!" and call for the resignation of Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

Lawmakers try again for China yuan bill (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 02:31 PM PST

Reuters - A bipartisan group of 101 lawmakers in the House of Representatives launched a new bid on Thursday to pass legislation aimed at pressuring China to let its yuan currency rise in value.

IMF head urges bigger global role for China's yuan (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 01:13 PM PST

Reuters - International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Thursday the Chinese yuan should be given a greater role within a restructured international monetary system.

China's foreign minister visits 'good brother' Zimbabwe (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 01:08 PM PST

Zimbabwean Foreign Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi (R) welcomes his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi on his arrival at Harare airport. Yang arrived in Zimbabwe on Thursday for a two-day visit to bolster ties with a country he described as a AFP - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi arrived in Zimbabwe on Thursday for a two-day visit to bolster ties with a country he described as a "good brother."

Treasury "intensely focused" on China's yuan (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 12:43 PM PST

Reuters - The Treasury will remain "intensely focused" on correcting China's substantially undervalued yuan despite a decision not to name Beijing a currency manipulator, a senior Treasury official said on Thursday.

China blog spotlights missing-child problem (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 09:42 AM PST

Chinese parents plead for the return of their abducted children in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian province in 2010. Some parents searching for children have told state media that their attempts had been routinely thwarted by inertia and indifference from officials and police.(AFP/File)AFP - An Internet campaign to help parents in China find their missing children has become a sensation, shining a light on child abductions and the growing power of the country's Twitter-like web services.

China PM vows to keep prices stable amid drought (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 09:14 AM PST

A Chinese farmer holds dried vegetable seedlings at his drought-striken fields in Zhouping, east China's Shandong province, last month. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Thursday his government is confident it can maintain grain supplies and keep prices stable as a severe dry spell in wheat-growing regions imperils the winter crop.(AFP/File)AFP - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Thursday his government is confident it can maintain grain supplies and keep prices stable as a severe dry spell in wheat-growing regions imperils the winter crop.

IMF chief backs bigger role for China's yuan (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 08:01 AM PST

A shows a bank teller counts stacks of US dollars and Chinese 100-yuan notes at a bank in Hefei, east China's Anhui province last month. International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn wants the IMF's basket of currencies to include China's yuan, in a move he says would promote monetary stability.(AFP/File/Str)AFP - International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Thursday proposed expanding the IMF's basket of currencies to include China's yuan, in a move he said would promote monetary stability.

Video of blind activist surfaces in China (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 02:56 AM PST

Photo taken from a video released by China Aid Association shows blind activist Chen Guangcheng -- who gained worldwide fame for exposing abuses in China's AFP - A blind Chinese activist under house arrest since his release from prison in September has appeared in a video accusing the authorities of using "hooligan methods" to silence rights campaigners.

China defends yuan policy after Bernanke swipe (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 02:52 AM PST

The entrance of the Bank of China building in Hong Kong, pictured last month. China defended its foreign exchange rate policy on Thursday, one day after US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke urged Beijing to let the value of its yuan currency rise.(AFP/File/Laurent Fievet)AFP - China defended its foreign exchange rate policy on Thursday, one day after US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke urged Beijing to let the value of its yuan currency rise.

China's lunar holiday retail sales surge (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 02:27 AM PST

A woman walks out of an electronics and home appliance shop in Zhengzhou, central China, nearby a new year cardboard cutout. The country's retail sales for the Lunar New Year holiday surged 19 percent year-on-year in one of the biggest rises in a decade, signalling a surge in domestic consumption according to state media.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China's retail sales for the Lunar New Year holiday surged 19 percent year-on-year in one of the biggest rises in a decade, signalling a surge in domestic consumption, according to state media.

Report: hackers in China hit Western oil companies (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 02:00 AM PST

AP - An American security firm says hackers working from China have broken into computers of oil companies in the United States, Taiwan and other countries.

Released China activist says still effectively in jail (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 12:56 AM PST

Reuters - A blind Chinese activist who campaigned against forced abortions and land grabs has spoken out for the first time since his release from prison, saying that he remains effectively jailed due to constant surveillance.

China rejects foreign role in solving Egypt crisis (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2011 12:35 AM PST

AP - China is expressing concern over Egypt's ongoing political crisis but says it opposes attempts by outsiders to mediate between the parties.

Secret video released of detained Chinese lawyer (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 11:55 PM PST

FILE - In this undated file photo released by his supporters, blind activist Chen Guangcheng sits in a village in China. For months, reporters and supporters of the activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng have made the journey to his rural village in eastern China to see him after his release from prison, only to be turned away by officials or stick-waving thugs. In a country where even the wife of last year's Nobel Peace Prize winner is shut away under house arrest, Chen's disappearance was one of the more extreme. (AP Photo/Supporters of Chen Guangcheng, File)AP - Reporters and supporters who have traveled to activist lawyer Chen Guangcheng's rural village in eastern China to see him after his release from prison last fall have been turned away by officials or stick-waving thugs. In a country where even the wife of last year's Nobel Peace Prize winner is shut away at her home, Chen's house arrest is one of the more extreme.

Spy arrest a warning to Taiwan on China ties (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 11:37 PM PST

Reuters - The arrest of a Taiwanese general accused of spying for China is a warning to Taiwan to be wary of its old foe despite warming economic links that are likely to stay unscathed by the case.

China to spend $1 billion to alleviate drought (AP)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 10:59 PM PST

Visitors enjoy the snow scene in a park in Beijing, China, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011. The Chinese capital enjoyed its first snow of the winter after the longest period without snow in 60 years. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - China will spend $1 billion to alleviate its worst drought in six decades — a long dry spell in the world's largest wheat-growing region that threatens further jumps in the commodity's global price.

Chinese hackers infiltrate five energy firms: study (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Feb 2011 09:13 PM PST

Reuters - Hackers working in China broke into the computer systems of five multinational oil and gas companies to steal bidding plans and other critical proprietary information, the computer security firm McAfee Inc said in a new report.

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